The new announcement for the call for access to the fixed and mobile laboratories of the extended network E-RIHS (European Research Infrastructure on Heritage Science) is available on IPERION CH.it (national hub of E-RIHS) website (http://www.iperionch.eu/web/iperion_it/).

The call is addressed to archaeologists, conservators, art historians, researches in the field of cultural heritage, who can submit their projects aimed at the enhancement and conservation of cultural heritage. The winners will be able to realise their projects with the best italian laboratories. The initiative is supported by MIUR. Partners of IPERION CH.it are: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Consorzio Interuniversitaio Nazionale per la Scienza e la Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Opificio delle Pietre Dure (OPD) for the Italian Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT) and Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l’Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA) for the Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico (MISE).

The deadline is on march 25th 2016.

Some of the winner projects of the last edition were: the Alexander Mosaic of the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, the Flemish triptych of Polizzi Generosa (PA, Sicily), the Pollock collection of the Guggenheim in Venice and the mural paintings of the Sant’Angelo di Casalrotto rock church in Mottola (TA).

The Flemish triptych of the Mother Church of Polizzi Generosa (PA)- XRF measurements (CHNet)

The Alexander Mosaic of the Archaeological Museum in Naples – XRF measurements (CHNet)

Mural paintings of the Sant’Angelo di Casalrotto rock church in Mottola (TA) – Multispectral Vis-NIR Imaging (INO-CNR)